, 1887-10-27
Appeal for Ireland.

! f0he trtcUdS Of Lrrirud IL Wash
/ 't'9'oH I l-IrttoIy: the UNDERSIGNED, j.,
committee appointed by t!.o Cror.r.
ashlngton Branch Of the Irish M
. uoRal LeagU" of America. os.yauiz.l
III Seattle last January. are char,-.l
! with the daily Of devisiusr on -f;arr,t-
+ ing means to secure caacarial act -,
among the friends of ireland ia Tins
Territory for the rendition of al f.
that country III it- pr.zrI.t rrii:ra!
struggle That L arri.li7 crisis i , i'm
! mIneat III ireland cuuuat he doubted
/ One OF the most trusted leaders Of
the Irish people, man Of sober
/ views and thorough knowledge IF the
situation, Michael DaYitt. saws:
The Immediate outlook is gloomy
! IN the extreme | look with 4 .xirty
{ upon tne coming winter, believing n.
l do that the action of the Govern
ment will provoke Widespread ,isar-
dci. Ii the people tamely submit to
be deprived of the right Of pubhc
meeting and the freedom Of snaech.
| they will show themselves unworthy
of home rule. We must fight: We
mHst make sacrifices for the principle
nt self government. | have alIradv
spent nlnr years III prison On re-
,urning to Ireland have a prospect
OF putting IN more years in prison.
believe every earnest Nationalist
ready to do the same. never found
q people reader to make sacrifices for
q national cause. 1 never knew of
any people in the world more resolnte
to carry on fight 1t would be in
hnltely thore agreeable if re w re
enabled ia c0ntiuue the struggle in a
peaceful and constitutional manner.
bat the Tory government viii not lei
Us. The policy of delibei ate exas =
peration has been determined upon
by the Salisbury Ministry. Upon
the Ministers rests the responsibility
for coming events" +
They recognize that the existing
system (of landlord robbery IS Il
complete failure Yet the movement
of irish leaders to reform the land
tenure is declared Illegal, and they
themselves are denounced as crimin =
ais"
La this situation, with total pro
hibition of public meetings, and with
the armed constabulary of the Coy
ernment-the military police shoot
ing men, women and children indis-
criminately, the friends of Ireland in
this rich ano prosperous Territory,
ought to take steps Immediately to
strengthen the hands of the outlawed
people who are exposed to such mon
strous despotism and brutality.
Organization is indispensably nee
essary, and should be perfected at
once. Directions as TO the mode of
procedure will be furnished upon
application by W. d. O'Toole, of Sc,
attic, the Delegate and Organizer in
this Territory of the Irish National
League of America. Branches Of the
League should be established wher-
ever practicable, aud the money col
lected should be sent to the Rev.
Charles O'Reilly, the treasurer of the
league, at Detroit, Michigan.
Under the the guidance of such
branches there will be little difficulty
in doing the good work systematical
ly and effectively. Washington Ter
ritory has scarcely done its part in
part in the cause of Ireland's free
dom; but we believe that this failure
is due solely to the want of Organi-
cation. There is no part of the
United States lacking in hearty sym
pathy with Ireland. Money and
cheering words can everywhere be
had for the asking. Let us no longer
be remiss in this work Let ue be
practical in our manifestations of
sympathy. Throughout the Eastern
States the one dollar contribution
fund is meeting with great success.
We recommend the adoption of that
method in this Territory. 1t is an
essentially popular method, giving
the poor and the rich an opportunity
of contributing equally to the good
cause. Let such fund be started III
every city, town. and hamlet in the
Territory, and the proceeds forward
ed to the Rev. Treasurer, Charles
O'Reilly.
The need is nrgeqt lreland's lead
ers-Parnell, Gladstone, Dayitt,
O'Brien and others-declare the IN
dispensible necessity of support from
America. Two distinguished MEM
bers of Parliament, Sir Thomas Grat-
tan Esmonde and Mr.. Arthur O'CoG-
nor. have been dispatched to the
United States on a special mission, 10.
thank the American people for the
grand support already given to Ire
land and to urge that 1T be continued
with augmented liberality in the
present critical emergency. the re
moteness of our situation in this Ter
ritory may deprive us of a visit from
these envoys: but it should not IN
terfere with our prompt and faithful
discharge of the duty imposed upon
US by the spectacle ofa kindred peo-
pie engaged in life and death strug-
gle for the right toiive III their own
land.
The conduct of Ireland in this
crisis of her fate challenges respect,
admiration and confidence She
shows the courage, resolution, persist
ence and self-cOntYol which demons
trates her fitness for rself-goyernment,
and which no tyrhny, however bar
barous, dkn pSmanrntly overcome
Ruthless rnassatres of the people, as
at AIitehelIstoTn, have failed to drive
her into prehature and abortive re
volt, and haye recoiled on the bloody
authors OF the crimes. With timely
aid from America, Ireland will safely
weather the storm which is now gath
ering. apd win the good tight. With
out AmAerican aid, encouragement
and friendship, Ireland could make
DO hea4way against her oppressor,
the richest empire in the world; with
America at her back, she is moving
steadlly On to freedom and prosper
ity. hei trust and believe that The
present appeal Is the last which Ire
land will tbe obliged to make. This
appeal hI awakened general enthu-
siasm in fhe Eastern States. Let us
prove that the men of the Pacific
Northwest iare not inferior to then
eastern brethren in human sympathy
Und patIiCticl